why everyone is black?

[t3gk]

is not a game based on egyptian mythology or african, so why?

[hurtwomen18799]

who is black

[TwinChops]

Originally posted by t3gk:

is not a game based on egyptian mythology or african, so why?

You mean hestia? Shes just burned to all heck and else is from mediteran greek, and belive it or not, poeple in greek are darker then middle european poeple. Its because they live near the equator, meaning its hotter and they have way more sun.

[O_o Moonpie]

Originally posted by TwinChops:

Originally posted by t3gk:

is not a game based on egyptian mythology or african, so why?

You mean hestia? Shes just burned to all heck and else is from mediteran greek, and belive it or not, poeple in greek are darker then middle european poeple. Its because they live near the equator, meaning its hotter and they have way more sun.

yeah bla bla...so the fire made her black and also made her fat ?

Its cause WOKENESS is going around !

[Caramel_Clown]

Bruh, Hestia is ashen burnt and sounds like a southern white grandma.

[TwinChops]

Originally posted by O_o Moonpie:

Originally posted by TwinChops:

You mean hestia? Shes just burned to all heck and else is from mediteran greek, and belive it or not, poeple in greek are darker then middle european poeple. Its because they live near the equator, meaning its hotter and they have way more sun.

yeah bla bla...so the fire made her black and also made her fat ?

Its cause WOKENESS is going around !

I know reading is hard, but for real, learn to read my dude, mediteran greeks are allready much darker skinned then your vision of europeans.

[Robot Joe]

you are really stupid.

[Calamity Heart]

It's a design choice. Pretty much everyone in this game is some shade of black, brown or grey, just like almost everyone in the first game was some shade of black, brown, or grey.

Why does it matter now? Why does it matter at all? The characters' skin color doesn't matter in game, so I don't really see why it should matter to me as a player. It's not like there's some historical accuracy that has to be adhered to or respected. These are fictional depictions of fake, mythological figures and places that have been interpreted in a variety of different ways already.

[Slaytherine]

Originally posted by TwinChops:

Originally posted by t3gk:

is not a game based on egyptian mythology or african, so why?

You mean hestia? Shes just burned to all heck and else is from mediteran greek, and belive it or not, poeple in greek are darker then middle european poeple. Its because they live near the equator, meaning its hotter and they have way more sun.

Hera as well. The majority of the characters of this game is black (well if you compared to the first game, which also have grey skins). This is fairly lack of equal representation and very 1-sided. Hestia is very loveable of course (kudos to VA), but I'd love more equal representation here.

[t3gk]

Originally posted by TwinChops:

Originally posted by t3gk:

is not a game based on egyptian mythology or african, so why?

You mean hestia? Shes just burned to all heck and else is from mediteran greek, and belive it or not, poeple in greek are darker then middle european poeple. Its because they live near the equator, meaning its hotter and they have way more sun.

I'm spanish and definitely mediterranean people in his majority are not black, just white or brown, and clearly greek people weren't black

[JIMROD]

Originally posted by t3gk:

is not a game based on egyptian mythology or african, so why?

Ok first of all egyptians have light skin, they look more like these characters than what you typically think of as african.

second of all, this is a design choice made in an attempt to reduce the politicization of the product. Characters are depicted with inhuman skin colors so that neither side of the political aisle can justifiably complain about representation. If you don't want companies to make decisions like that, then stop contributing to the political division.

[Beufort P. Squatwater]

Clown detected

[HermitKing]

Dude why does it matter? Does it impact gameplay at all? Or you just can't ennjoy the game unless the characters in it have the right melanin concentration in their skin.

[t3gk]

Originally posted by JIMROD:

Originally posted by t3gk:

is not a game based on egyptian mythology or african, so why?

Ok first of all egyptians have light skin, they look more middle eastern than what you typically think of as african.

second of all, this is a design choice made in an attempt to reduce the politicization of the product. Characters are depicted with inhuman skin colors so that neither side of the political aisle can justifiably complain about representation. If you don't want companies to make decisions like that, then stop contributing to the political division.

I exactly know how egyptians look, and it's better for us bc in the mediterranean countries (even if just based on greek people) there's not a black majority, just white and brown people, and now even Zeus is a little more brown, the game feels pretty slow, and it costs 30€. Hades 2 it's a game outside the Hades' world clearly

[t3gk]

Originally posted by HermitKing:

Dude why does it matter? Does it impact gameplay at all? Or you just can't ennjoy the game unless the characters in it have the right melanin concentration in their skin.

maybe bc they are greek?

[JIMROD]

Originally posted by t3gk:

Originally posted by JIMROD:

Ok first of all egyptians have light skin, they look more middle eastern than what you typically think of as african.

second of all, this is a design choice made in an attempt to reduce the politicization of the product. Characters are depicted with inhuman skin colors so that neither side of the political aisle can justifiably complain about representation. If you don't want companies to make decisions like that, then stop contributing to the political division.

I exactly know how egyptians look, and it's better for us bc in the mediterranean countries (even if just based on greek people) there's not a black majority, just white and brown people, and now even Zeus is a little more brown, the game feels pretty slow, and it costs 30€. Hades 2 it's a game outside the Hades' world clearly

Why participate in an english language forum if your skills with the language aren't good enough to communicate with any nuance? The characters are darker this time around because they are primarily in shadow, given the setting -- but they've always had inhuman skin colors, so even discussing that is silly.

The game feels fine to me. Potentially slower (higher HP enemies, I think) but that could change with progress. It feels the same as Hades 1 from both a design and gameplay perspective, but not TOO similar. The cost is also a big feature. It's crazy to me that inflation has gotten so bad over the last 40 years and you can still get a game this deep and this polished for 30 bucks.